Beginner's Guide to Buying The Best Medicinal Mushroom Supplements | Jeff Chilton @ Nammex

Have you ever purchased reishi, chaga, cordyceps, turkey tail, tremella, or lion's mane? This video will teach you how to buy high-quality mushroom supplements.

When you study a subject for 50 years, you can become one of the world's foremost experts.

Jeff Chilton studied Ethno-mycology at the University of Washington in the sixties. He started out working on a mushroom farm in 1973. Over the last 50 years, he’s co-authored the critically acclaimed 1983 book Mushroom Cultivator. In 1989 he founded Nammex — the first supplier of mushroom extracts. Jeff was the one to bring organic certification to the Chinese mushroom industry. He’s is also a founding member of the World Society for Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products and a Member of the International Society for Mushroom Science.

🔑 Key takeaways
- There are three primary parts of a mushroom, and the part most supplements use is virtually useless
- Advantages of extracts over whole grocery store mushrooms
- How to do the "Iodine Test" to see if your mushroom extract is really junk
- Tips on choosing, buying, and cooking mushrooms
- Why mushroom supplements grown in the USA are actually a red flag likely indicating poor quality
- Discovery of a compound found in mushrooms that some researchers consider a new vitamin
- The strong correlation between mushrooms and lifespan

🔗 Links
- Full episode show notes: https://mindbodypeak.com/18
- Music by Luke Hall: soundcloud.com/c_luke_hall

Note: this is not intended as a substitute for medical advice. Always consult your doctor before making any lifestyle changes.